Gray Go-away-bird

SCI Name:  Corythaixoides concolor
Protonym:  Corythaix concolor S.Afr.Q.J.(2) -2 p.48
Taxonomy:  Musophagiformes / Musophagidae / Corythaixoides
Taxonomy Code:  grygab1
Type Locality:  Inland from Port Natal.
Author:  Smith, A
Publish Year:  1833
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CORYTHAIXOIDES
(Musophagidae; † Grey Go-away-bird C. concolor) Genus Corythaix Illiger, 1811, turaco; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs  resembling; the Grey Go-away-bird is a familiar bird of the southern Afrotropics, well-known for its loud, nasal cries, ‘g’WAY g’WAY’; "Corythaix concolor.   ...   Inhabits South Africa, inland of Port Natal.  It was remarked that this bird differed in several points, particularly in the form of the bill, from the typical species of the genus, and that it might hereafter require to be made the type of a new division, under the name of Corythaixoides." (A. Smith 1833); "Corythaixoides A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 2nd ser. p. 48, 1833.  Type by original designation, Corythaix concolor Smith." (W. Sclater, 1924, Syst. Av. Aethiop., I, p. 196).
Synon. Coliphimus, Gymnoschizorhis.

concolor
L. concolor, concoloris  of the same colour, concolorous, similar  < cum (old form com)  together with; color, coloris  colour.

SUBSPECIES

Gray Go-away-bird (molybdophanes)
SCI Name: Corythaixoides concolor molybdophanes
molybdophanes
Gr. μολυβδοφανης molubdophanēs  lead-coloured  < μολυβδος molubdos  lead; -φανης -phanēs  showing, appearance  < φαινω phainō  to show.

Gray Go-away-bird (pallidiceps)
SCI Name: Corythaixoides concolor pallidiceps
pallidiceps
L. pallidus  pale  < pallere  to be pale; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.

Gray Go-away-bird (bechuanae)
SCI Name: Corythaixoides concolor bechuanae
bechuanae
Bechuanaland (= Botswana).

Gray Go-away-bird (concolor)
SCI Name: Corythaixoides concolor concolor
concolor
L. concolor, concoloris  of the same colour, concolorous, similar  < cum (old form com)  together with; color, coloris  colour.